Is correlation the same as causation? Why or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. Correlation is not causation. Ideally, researchers would like to determine causation, a relationship in which one variable is the direct consequence of another. Most human behavior is much more complex. Because it's difficult to determine causation, sociologists and other scientists calculate a correlation, the relationship between two or more variables. Sociologists rarely use the term cause, because they can't prove there's a cause-and-effect relationship.
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